Saaaaaaaaame here. Those were different days. The principal had this huge one with perfect holes all through it that he would bring with him when he would have to "talk" to our class about being unruly. In fact, so did every teacher. There were rumors about how he would wet it with water and make you grab the edge of the desk. My fourth grade teacher would wave hers custom painted one around in class when she would get angry sometimes.

It was not until years later that I realized that there was never even one fully substantiated case of any of them actually using them. Just try and let that fly in 2012. Yeah, not so much.